River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-28

estimated
Speaker Sayre, of the Indiana
I legislature is given as authority for the
/ statement that an extra session of the
/ legislature will be called within a short
time. The basis of agreement between
Y the parties is that Robertson shall withdraw
/ his suit for damages growing out Of the IN
/ junction proceedings, and the Democrats
I VIII recognize his right To preside over the
I Senate Five Democratic members of the
! general assembly have resigned since the
Z res alar session and elections VIII be
/ ordered at once, the Republicans agreeing
NOT 10 make any contests IN the districts ia
order that the political status of the
+ legislature may not be changed. The
pressing need of financial legislation
+ brought the agreement about, which, the
+ speaker thinks, viii be carried into effect at
once.
At Morris. H., on the 10Th. the trial
/ Of the brakemen. Henry Schwartz and New
/ ton Watt, forth murderof Express Messen-
4 ger kellogg Nichols, came TO an end. The
. case was given TO the jury at p IA; A re-
+ cess was Takea pending the jury 5 decision
Il ter being out i've hours aud ten minutes
I ti4e Jury were ready with a verdict The
JUl-re, taking the verdict, read aloud the
/ words pr0nouucing Watt aud Swartz guilty
IT the murder. and sentencing them to I'M
Prlsanment in the penitentlary for iife The
.
/ cut 4 look OF action Of surprise. A motion
+ is pending for a new trial The motion viii,
! doubtless. be overrued Then notice
\ will be given of an appeal and, IN all
4 probability. a stay of proceedings and a
/ bearing m the upper courts viii follow.
/ David Preston. President of the Pres
ton Bank Of Detroit and Chicago, and one
/ Of the most prominent men in Michigan,
/ died at q O'Clock Sunday morning April a.
/ at Detroit. Mich. of heart disease de re-
/ tired in his usual good health He awoke at
/ > O'Clock and complained OF feeling very
Ill. Physicians We're instantly called but
I could do nothing for him. and an hour later
Z lie was dead. He was the chief leader OF
I the Prohibition arty, which nearly carried
4 the State ON the constitutional amendment,
{ and two wears 20 was their candidate Tor
+ Governor. Mr. Preston was born IN Chau-
{ taugua Co. \. v, Sept 20, 1876. and had
4 lived at Detroit for % years, and engaged
T ia banking since ISIS. He leaves sl,DOO.OO0,
/ 10 his wife and seven children.
+. NJ. Herrick, president of the Pa
cific Lumber Company, and K. c. vii
/ liams. president Of the Redwood Manufac
I turing Association, Of san Francisco, have
( teIegraphed the Interstate Commerce
/ Commission follows; Our two
corporations, employing 5000 TO 10 % men
and about SOON, Nal capital, have addressed
Z YOU bv mail stating hat oar Eastern bust
/ ness has been entirely destroyed by the OPP
GRAFTON ot the law, and asking your inter
T position on our behalf. Meanwhile viii you
allow the roads over which we have been
operating 10 give old rates and SO revive
our business with the East provided the
rate IS open and available 70 all
Since Gov. Hill vetoed the Crosby
high license bill, chiefly on the ground that
it was applicable only to New York
lii
h hne hee Bfoo ingsr 70 in "y the New
( York legislature Of general scope. 1t dl-
I yides all saloons into two classes, the first
/ class comprising places where all kinds OF
I liquor are sold and the second where matt
Z liquors. wines and cider only are sold. The
rates established are New York and Brook
/! Iyu. first class, $50; second class, SltO.
Buffalo, first-clLss, 500. second class so.
( All other portions Of the state, first-class,
Sl5a, second class, 50.
One Of the effects of the Inter State
commerce law is a Lake Shore order, re-
Gently promulgated, directing conductors
not TO honor Lake Shore certificates Of
stock for passage on the annual election
May l. From time immemorial Lake
Shore stockholders have enjoyed the
special privilege Of travelling free upon
that daT. and from l.0 10 zoo of them have
usually taken advantage of the opportunity.
I The interstate law as interpreted, how
/ ever. Is no respecter of persons, and this
wear at least they must forego their free
transportation.
At SiSsonvilIe. West Virginia, on the
2ist. Benjamin Sisson, a young married
man. chopped his wife to death with a
Ratchet Sisson went home under the in
{ tiuence Of whisky, ana upon his young wife
reproaching him for drinking he seized a
hatchet and dealt her a blow in
the breast The woman fell, and Sisson
dealt her several additional blows on the
head body aud arms, inflicting frightful
wounds, from the effects Of which the
woman soon died.
Aneveut which a yearago would have
been considered Of startling Importance
{ happened in Chicago few days ago. The
/ formidable organization which filed the
history of Chicago for ISIS with terror and
excitement drew its last breath and was
buried. The anarchistic groups Of the
Z International Working Peoples associa-
[ tlpn voted 10 disbaud- This was done
+ because. as it claimed, there were spies in
/ their midst whose object was 10 iBcite them
f to crime.
/ 4 Monitor special from Prescott.
{ Linn Co. Kansas. reports terrible cyclone,
I on Thursday evening April - at about 8 80
E clock. There We're II killed at different
points throughout the county and an in
4 uaEculabie amount Of damage was done to
81 kinds Of property. Prescott was literally
q fped out cf existence, not sinsle build
IH- being left standing To mark the site OF a
once prosperous and thriving village.
/ Norfolk. Va, was visited with a
cyclone on the 18TH It's track was about
I 100 yards wide. The hodse of John Wright.
4 SIX miles north Of Suffolk. was completely
demolished Mr. Wright and his wife and
z - g lib Ea
/ house at fhe time. Mrs. Wright and dr
f Luke were killed, the young girl fatally
/ injured. and Mr.. Wright seriously hurt.
Much other damage was done TO property
along the path Of the cyclone.
At Chicago. on Saturday. Ex-Secre-
/ tary Blaine received delegations from the
+ irish American and German American
Z ciubs in his parlors but at his request no
/ speeches were made He remained stand
/ ing WhIle the gentlemen numbering posi-
IBIS ~ were presented 10 him, and shook
/ hands with them all At the close of the
rect p1ion he thanked them for their courte-
. sv. but excused himself from addressing
them owing 70 mis- III health.
IEe l,us nj services Of Lieut. Danen-
hover. who committed suicide at Annapolis
ON Wednesday, were held at the residence
OF his father, VIM. ". Danenhower. A
large attendance of friends and the family
/ of deceased were present. After the ser
I vices the remains were removed TO the
/ Baltimore x Potomac depot and placed on
a special train for Oswego, where they viii
he inferred.
The Iron Trade Review of Cleveland
viii publish statistics showing that during
the past rs months 1S2 natural gas and oil
companies have been Incorporated in Ohio,
/ with an aggregate capital stock of S9,000,-
tn0 Applications for new charters are at
I present coming into the secretary of state
/ az the rate OF two or three day.
The Chinese minister to Washington.
Mr. Chang Yen Hoon, sailed for France on
d ard the steamer La Bourgonge, from New
York. ON sunday. accompanied by tour sec
n taries Of legation. ard four servants. The
Chinese nag was run up 70 the peak when
/ the vessel sailed, ont Of compliment TO the
distinguished passenger.
Secretary Lamar. accompanied by
Secretary Fairchild, senators Vest and
i voorhees,, Hon. " ". Corcoran and Mr..
I Dawson. commissioner Of education, attend
ed the unwilling Of the statue of John
Secretary Lamar was the orator Of the oc-
casion-
= I. NJ. Simmons. who was
mansger Of the Hatel Del Monte, at
ssSatsrey, Cal, .ntl the lst inst, and the